People displaced in northern Shan State are hoping that the November 8 election will be their last in the camps they would rather not be calling home.
BY Hein Thar
People displaced in northern Shan State are hoping that the November 8 election will be their last in the camps they would rather not be calling home.
BY Hein Thar
As COVID-19 cases mount in Yangon, the government has ordered townships to open quarantine centres but is not providing any financial support.
If the government really wants to introduce a fair framework for defamation, it needs to overhaul or replace all six related laws.
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With the recent failed attempt to amend the constitution leaving Daw Aung San Suu Kyi out of contention for the presidency, might the NLD back Thura U Shwe Mann for the highest office?
The funeral of ruling party hardliner and strategist U Aung Thaung, who was implicated in the infamous Depayin incident, will take place in Yangon on July 27, it was reported last week.
Parliament has so far approved two of the four bills known as the protection of race and religion laws. The Health Care for Population Control Bill was signed into law by President U Thein Sein after receiving approval in May. Earlier this month approved the Inter-faith Marriage Bill and it was submitted to the President to be enacted.
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As Yangon's economy booms, many of its residents eke out a hand-to-mouth existence on the fringes of urban life.
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